HOUSEKEEPING - DVD

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• Release Year: 1987
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running on Empty) arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family -- all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman.
• Cast: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese, Margot Pinvidic, Bill Smillie, Wayne Robson, Betty Phillips, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Dolores Drake, Georgie Collins, Tonya Tanner, Leah Penny, Brian Linds, Clayton W. Okell, Clay Barton, Erik Richardson, Bob Hughes, Sheila Paterson, Judi Pustil, Ron Koukal, Bob Elsdon, Hans 'Fritz' Farenholtz, Enid Saunders, Mike Daley, Gunter Voight, Isobel Louie, Antony Holland, Elizabeth Strong, Juli Bailey, Tiffany Ward, Jeannette Grittani, Adrian Naqvi, Michael Davidoff, Bill Forsyth, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ellis, Michael Gibbs
• Director: Bill Forsyth
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: Columbia Pictures
• Media Format: Movie